Outputs (29)

Culture and Sketching: Comparative Analysis of UK and Chinese Designers (2024)
Journal Article
Tang, P., Lawson, G., Sun, X., & Sharples, S. (2024). Culture and Sketching: Comparative Analysis of UK and Chinese Designers. Journal of Creative Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.1524

This research investigates the influence of culture on sketching by comparing UK and Chinese designers. We employed a novel dual-method approach: machine learning algorithms analyzed a dataset of 2,090 digitized sketches from student designers, while... Read More about Culture and Sketching: Comparative Analysis of UK and Chinese Designers.

A systematic review of methodologies for human behavior modelling and routing optimization in large-scale evacuation planning (2024)
Journal Article
Aldahlawi, R. Y., Akbari, V., & Lawson, G. (2024). A systematic review of methodologies for human behavior modelling and routing optimization in large-scale evacuation planning. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 110, Article 104638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104638

Frequent and escalating natural disasters pose an increasing threat to society and the environment. Effective disaster management strategies are crucial to mitigate their impact. This paper reviews recent methodologies for large-scale evacuation plan... Read More about A systematic review of methodologies for human behavior modelling and routing optimization in large-scale evacuation planning.

Defining human-centricity in Industry 5.0 and assessing the readiness of ergonomics/human factors communities in UK (2024)
Journal Article
Hermawati, S., Correa, R., Mohan, M., Lawson, G., & Houghton, R. (2024). Defining human-centricity in Industry 5.0 and assessing the readiness of ergonomics/human factors communities in UK. Ergonomics, 68(6), 857-876. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2343947

There is a lack of a clear and consistent definition of human-centricity in Industry 5.0. This study identified the definition of human-centricity in Industry 5.0 through a systematic literature review and used it to assess the readiness of Ergonomic... Read More about Defining human-centricity in Industry 5.0 and assessing the readiness of ergonomics/human factors communities in UK.

Seeing Your Stories: Visualization for Narrative Medicine (2023)
Journal Article
Ma, H., Yuan, X., Sun, X., Lawson, G., & Wang, Q. (2024). Seeing Your Stories: Visualization for Narrative Medicine. Health Data Science, 4, Article 0103. https://doi.org/10.34133/hds.0103

Importance: Narrative medicine (NM), in which patient stories play a crucial role in their diagnosis and treatment, can potentially support a more holistic approach to patient care than traditional scientific ones. However, there are some challenges... Read More about Seeing Your Stories: Visualization for Narrative Medicine.

The future of manufacturing: Utopia or dystopia? (2022)
Journal Article
Marinescu, A., Argyle, E. M., Duvnjak, J., Wilson, M. L., Lawson, G., Sharples, S., Hubbard, E., & Justham, L. (2023). The future of manufacturing: Utopia or dystopia?. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries, 33(2), 184-200. https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.20976

Digital manufacturing technologies (DMTs) have the potential to transform industry productivity, but their introduction into the workplace is often a complex process, requiring not only technical expertise but also an awareness of ethical and societa... Read More about The future of manufacturing: Utopia or dystopia?.

Visualising emotion in support of patient-physician communication: an empirical study (2022)
Journal Article
Ma, H., Sun, X., Lawson, G., Wang, Q., & Zhang, Y. (2022). Visualising emotion in support of patient-physician communication: an empirical study. Behaviour and Information Technology, 42(11), 1782-1800. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929x.2022.2097954

Patient-physician communication is a crucial aspect of clinical diagnoses and treatments. However, there are barriers to effective empathic practices, including consciousness, busy working rhythms, and difficulties recognising patients’ implicit emot... Read More about Visualising emotion in support of patient-physician communication: an empirical study.

Cognitive and metabolic workload assessment techniques: A review in automotive manufacturing context (2021)
Journal Article
Dadashi, N., Lawson, G., Marshall, M., & Stokes, G. (2022). Cognitive and metabolic workload assessment techniques: A review in automotive manufacturing context. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries, 32(1), 20-34. https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.20928

Ergonomics assessment in the automotive industry has, to date, focused mainly on physical ergonomics, for example, manual handling and posture. However, workload and, in particular, metabolic and cognitive workload, contributes to worker efficiency b... Read More about Cognitive and metabolic workload assessment techniques: A review in automotive manufacturing context.

Towards Using the Critical Decision Method for Studying Visualisation-Based Decision-Making (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hermawati, S., Cibulski, L., & Lawson, G. (2021, April). Towards Using the Critical Decision Method for Studying Visualisation-Based Decision-Making. Presented at Ergonomics & Human Factors 2021, Online

Visualisations provide significant support for effective reasoning and decision-making processes. Its value mainly lies in its ability to turn raw data into actionable insights that lead to a decision. This requires appropriate visual representations... Read More about Towards Using the Critical Decision Method for Studying Visualisation-Based Decision-Making.

SHION (Smart tHermoplastic InjectiON): An Interactive Digital Twin Supporting Real-Time Shopfloor Operations (2020)
Journal Article
Hermawati, S., & Lawson, G. (2022). SHION (Smart tHermoplastic InjectiON): An Interactive Digital Twin Supporting Real-Time Shopfloor Operations. IEEE Internet Computing, 26(3), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1109/MIC.2020.3047349

Injection molding is widely used to produce plastic components with large lot size. However, guaranteeing consistency and quality of parts in injection molding is challenging. Failures occur due to variation during injection cycles. Thus, real-time d... Read More about SHION (Smart tHermoplastic InjectiON): An Interactive Digital Twin Supporting Real-Time Shopfloor Operations.

Physiological Indicators of Task Demand, Fatigue, and Cognition in Future Digital Manufacturing Environments (2020)
Journal Article
Argyle, E. M., Marinescu, A., Wilson, M. L., Lawson, G., & Sharples, S. (2021). Physiological Indicators of Task Demand, Fatigue, and Cognition in Future Digital Manufacturing Environments. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 145, Article 102522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2020.102522

As Digital Manufacturing transforms traditionally physical work into more system-monitoring tasks, new methods are required for understanding people's mental workload and prolonged capacity for focused attention.

Many physiological measures have... Read More about Physiological Indicators of Task Demand, Fatigue, and Cognition in Future Digital Manufacturing Environments.